[bomp] Re: More thoughts on the new crop

[Don <quickone@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 14:18:35 -0400
From: Deena Canale <roots66@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [bomp]The Pattern/more thoughts on the new crop

On Sunday, September 1, 2002, at 07:27  PM, bomp-digest wrote:
>
>
> [By the way, there's a relevant article in today's NY Times about some 
> of
> the very bands we've been dissecting in this thread, who recently 
> played at
> the Reading festival:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/01/fashion/01RED.html

Great link. Thanks.

> A couple of weeks ago there was another article in the Times Styles 
> section
> about the new breed of bands, dubbing it "privilege rock."]

What sort of reputation does the Times Styles section have?

> Am I a crochety '60s garage or '70s punk purist?  Possibly but I 
> honestly
> think I'm more open-minded than that.

It's not enough to think you're open-minded...you have to *be* 
open-minded.

>  And I don't want to begrudge the
> success of this new school of rock & roll--I agree with most people's
> statements here that it's a vast improvement over the Pearl 
> Jam/Creed/Korn
> krap

Those are three very different bands. PJ is a great band--one of rock's 
most important bands ever, and not just for their music. Korn isn't my 
cup o' tea, but there's a seriously rockin' noise band. Creed is just a 
ball-free commercial version of a complete misunderstanding of Pearl Jam.

> and that it's good to see kids digging decent guitar-based music again.

Yes, it is.

> But there's undefinable *something* missing in it all to me.

It's that you're old. You wouldn't say that if you were 15.

>   Passion?

Ever see The Vines play?

> Memorable tunes?

Hate To Say I Told You So? Last Nite? Autumn Shade? You Look Pretty Good 
For A Girl? What Ever Happened To My Rock 'n' Roll?

Those songs are pretty much permanently burned into my rock 'n' roll 
psyche.

>  Distinctive, attractive-to-the-ears musicianship and
> singing voices?  The dreaded "originality"?  All of the above???

None of the above are missing.

>   I cannot
> tell.  I want to like it, I really do.

That's funny. I just *do* like it. I didn't have to put any effort into 
it. I was only half-way through Main Offender before I was completely 
sold on The Hives...Why me?

>   I was actually kinda pleased with
> the state of popular rock & roll back in the Nirvana/Green Day era of 
> the
> early '90s--

One of the great times for rock 'n' roll music.

> that phenomenon reminded me of the late '70s when Cheap Trick &
> the Knack ruled the airwaves.

You don't like Creed, but you like The Knack? Explanation, please.

>  I'd love to see a similar takeover today--but
> I'd just prefer to see the kids digging something better.  (Admittedly, 
> I'm
> yearning for acceptance of sounds that would fit my own personal 
> standards
> of "better"--YMMV.)

That's for sure. I think these new bands are as good as anything I've 
heard.

- Don

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